as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
in a stroke, the March snowstorm obliterated our hopes for an early spring
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Recent Examples of obliterate
The entire lighting system can be neutralized by flipping a single switch, obliterating all visibility except for a spotlight on the enemy’s crotch.
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Dahlia Gallin Ramirez,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
Gentry obliterated the preseason juggling test administered by Denver North head coach Clay Porter.
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Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Plus, its native 165Hz refresh rate obliterates motion blur and frame smear across sports and cinematic gaming.
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Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Indiana obliterated Alabama, with the one win being Texas over Michigan.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
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Dahlia Gallin Ramirez,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
Gentry obliterated the preseason juggling test administered by Denver North head coach Clay Porter.
—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
Plus, its native 165Hz refresh rate obliterates motion blur and frame smear across sports and cinematic gaming.
—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
3 June 2026
Indiana obliterated Alabama, with the one win being Texas over Michigan.
—
Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for obliterate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obliterate
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Incomplete or inappropriate antibiotic courses amplify this effect by exposing bacteria to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations without eradicating them.
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Building new sterile fly production facilities in the Southwest helped eradicate the flies in that region too, and by 1966, the US was declared officially screwworm-free.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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Avila Chevalier survived a deluge of attacks for previous social media posts that called for abolishing the police and prisons.
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Earlier this month, the bloc also released more information about its own plans for abolishing its de minimis exemption on June 30.
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National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, the brother of acting President Delcy Rodríguez, said on Sunday that more than 12,000 people have been displaced by the earthquakes and 774 buildings have been damaged or destroyed, including hospitals.
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There's nothing more quintessential to being a kid than playing Little League baseball, but on July Fourth, 2025, along with so much more, the Little League fields of Hill Country were destroyed, along with the innocence of thousands of kids who live here.
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“Obliterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obliterate. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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